Rejected petition Ban single use plastic bags.

Plastic waste has become a massive issue in not only the UK but the entire world. Banning the use of plastic bags and enforcing a law that the retail industry should use only cardboard/paper bags could help massively to this issue.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/215000

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Date submitted 1 June 2018
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